Category: NDIS
Plain-English guides to the National Disability Insurance Scheme: how funding works, what your plan covers and how to find the right supports.
NDIS eligibility comes down to three main requirements: your age, where you live, and how your disability or developmental delay affects your everyday life. If you meet them, the next job is the access request, and most of the work there is gathering the right evidence. This guide explains each requirement in plain terms, walks […]
Community participation NDIS supports help you take part in social, recreational and community life, with the support you need to do it. This guide explains what counts as community participation, how the NDIS funds it, what the funding does not cover, and some activity ideas to talk through with your providers. It also covers the […]
Core supports are the part of your NDIS plan that pays for help with everyday activities and disability-related needs. In 2026 there are three core categories: Assistance with daily life, Consumables, and Assistance with social and community participation. Transport is no longer one of them. This guide explains what core supports NDIS funding covers, what […]
Much of the therapy in an NDIS plan is funded from one place: the Improved daily living category in your capacity building budget. If you use occupational therapy, speech pathology, physiotherapy or another allied health service through the NDIS, this is usually where the money sits. This guide explains what improved daily living NDIS funding […]
Your NDIS plan sets out your goals and the funding the NDIS has approved to help you work towards them. That funding sits in up to four support budgets, often called the NDIS funding categories: Core, Capacity building, Capital and Recurring. This guide explains what each budget pays for, the ways your funding can be […]
If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, call 000. Crisis support contacts are listed on the Australian Government’s mental health and suicide prevention page. Anxiety and depression can make it hard to leave the house, see friends or join in anything at all. For some people these conditions are part of […]
Recovery rarely stops when you leave hospital. Strength, movement and confidence can take a long time to come back, and some changes stay. So does the NDIS cover physiotherapy, exercise physiology and other ongoing therapy? For NDIS participants, sometimes. It depends on whether the therapy is health treatment or a disability support. This guide explains […]
What is SDA? Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) is housing funded under the NDIS for people with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. It pays for the home itself, not the support you receive in it. For some people, SDA is part of moving out of institutional care and into a home in the […]
For many people with disability, eating safely and well takes planning, the right preparation and help on the day. Supported Independent Living (SIL) can include that help. This guide covers NDIS meal preparation support in SIL, what SIL and the NDIS do not pay for, where dietitians and speech pathologists fit, and how to approach […]
Work can be harder to find and keep when the workplace, the tasks or the trip there are not set up for your disability. NDIS employment support and occupational therapy are two ways to work on those barriers. This guide covers what your plan can fund, what an occupational therapist (OT) does in a work […]